How To Stay Safe When Browsing Online and Social Media

These days we have a host of different options when it comes to how we interact with one another on different subjects we might want to get across to one another. Before the internet we had to either send postcards in the mail or see our family members and friends in person until the technology came that allowed us to take the same principle and use it in a virtual space like a chat room on a social media site. This gave people a means of community through a new way giving freedom to choose between in person or online.

Learning to use the power of the World Wide Web comes with a healthy habit of practicing etiquette when you are writing to for example Facebook or Twitter friends when you want to inform them of something. Just like what you would do in person keep this polite and respectful so that who you are writing to does not feel offended when they read what you posted. Be sure to make sure you know who the message is going to by looking closely at the profile of the chat you are in.

Some accounts on Facebook and sites like it have fake bot accounts that try to get your information from you to use for the good of whoever the person is behind the account which usually is stealing your identity or hacking your account to see your posts and friends that you have on your profile. Social media outlets have guidelines on what can and cannot be posted.

Stay safe when browsing through stuff and know Google and companies like it have servers that log things in.

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-Tristan